"A brothel scene. The fat bawd (left) leans back in an arm-chair in a drunken sleep; the contents of a glass in her right hand pour over a dog; a bottle on the ground at her feet spills its contents. There are three couples of revellers, the three wom...
"Gentlemen gazing at the wares in the bow window of a book and print dealership, the proprietor at the door, a gentleman walking off to the left with his purchases under his arm; an advertisement for F Harvey, a London print and book dealer."--British...
The rivalry between Fox and Pitt is shown in a series of seven images beginning with the portraits of each of them. In the third image, Fox and Pitt fight for a Twelfth Cake, with Fox winning. In the fourth, Nobody (i.e., the King), gives Lord Temple,...
Alternative Title:
Young statesman's ramble
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 24th March 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, and Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Devil, Smuggling, Riots, and Clothing & dress
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British...
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"The half length figure of a ruffianly man, shouting "Down with the Bank" and raising in both hands a stick or bar. In his hat is a ribbon favour inscribed "No Popery". On the right and behind is the façade of Newgate in flames."--British Museum onli...
Alternative Title:
Newgate reformer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs, June 9th, 1780, by I. Catch of St. Giles's
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Gordon Riots, 1780, Vandalism, and Clothing & dress
ALS from Thomas Rowlandson to Henry Angelo mentioning a bill becoming due in the near future. Rowlandson's recent meeting with their mutual friend John Bannister is also mentioned, and a desire for the three friends to meet up and form a "jovial trio"...
"An uncouth footman (left) in livery stands in the door of a corner house, taking a tankard from a pot-boy, while he answers an elderly and hungry-looking visitor, who leans towards him with an angry and sceptical stare. Across the street is an old-fa...